Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Raises Stock Holdings in NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its stake in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) by 8.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 322,850 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 26,219 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $25,918,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in NextEra Energy by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 216,033,697 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $17,343,185,000 after buying an additional 2,234,176 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in NextEra Energy by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 47,272,019 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $3,781,790,000 after buying an additional 966,152 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in NextEra Energy in the fourth quarter worth about $2,816,327,000. Deutsche Bank AG boosted its stake in shares of NextEra Energy by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 17,281,357 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,387,347,000 after acquiring an additional 485,854 shares during the period. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of NextEra Energy by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 17,220,630 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,382,473,000 after acquiring an additional 253,273 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.72% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on NEE shares. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $112.00 price objective on shares of NextEra Energy in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Scotiabank upped their price objective on NextEra Energy from $102.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Morgan Stanley set a $111.00 price objective on NextEra Energy in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on NextEra Energy from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered NextEra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, March 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $99.20.

NextEra Energy Stock Performance

NYSE NEE opened at $85.92 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $179.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 0.68. The company has a quick ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $90.94 and a 200-day moving average price of $88.27. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a twelve month low of $67.20 and a twelve month high of $98.75.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.06. NextEra Energy had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 29.36%.The company had revenue of $6.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.43 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.99 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NextEra Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Friday, June 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.6232 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 5th. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 63.36%.

NextEra Energy Company Profile

NextEra Energy, Inc (NYSE: NEE), headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, is a leading clean energy company with both regulated utility operations and competitive renewable generation businesses. The company’s principal operating subsidiaries include Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), a regulated electric utility serving customers in Florida, and NextEra Energy Resources, which develops, constructs, owns and operates a large portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage projects. Together these businesses provide electricity supply, transmission and distribution services as well as utility-scale renewable generation and related services.

NextEra’s activities cover the full lifecycle of power assets, from project development and construction to operation, maintenance and asset optimization.